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Duterte: No reason to 'drop' Gina

Tuesday, 14 March 2017 07:51 Written by
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday again stressed his support for Environment Secretary Gina Lopez, as he slammed mining firms that are destroying the environment.Reciting a list of firms which he said were engaged in destructive mining, Duterte said…

2M SSS retirees finally get additional P1,000 pension

Friday, 10 March 2017 10:59 Written by
The Social Security System (SSS) on Thursday said more than two million pensioners will benefit from the second tranche of the P1,000 additional benefit that will be released Friday.In a statement, SSS said P2.07 billion will be released to qualified…

Thematic Conference and Workshop on Political Party Management and Development

Wednesday, 08 March 2017 03:09 Written by
The Centrist Democracy Political Institute together with Konrad Adenaur Stiftung (KAS)-Philippines will be conducting a Thematic Conference and Workshop on Political Party Management and Development at One Pacific Hotel, Makati City on 17- 18 March 2016.The rationale of the conference…

‘Voice vote on death bill an act of cowardice’

Friday, 03 March 2017 10:45 Written by
HOUSE Deputy Minority Leader Harry Roque on Thursday described as “plain and simple cowardice” the Super Majority coalition’s move to pass the death penalty bill through a voice vote or “viva voce.”“They do not want their votes to be known…

House Bill declaring Cagayan de Oro as mining-free zone approved

Thursday, 02 March 2017 10:37 Written by
House Bill No. 4799 declaring Cagayan de Oro City as mining-free zone has just passed the House committee panel on natural resources.Authored by Cagayan de Oro City 2nd Dist. Rep. Maximo B. Rodriguez Jr., the measure was approved with an…

Aquino tells LP members: Time to speak up

Wednesday, 01 March 2017 11:17 Written by
Former President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday urged his fellow Liberal Party (LP) members to “speak up” and make the party’s “voice heard again,” after four members were ousted from the majority in the Senate.Aquino also asked party members to…

LP booted out of Senate majority

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 09:16 Written by
LIBERAL Party senators were kicked out of the pro-Duterte Senate majority coalition on Monday in a surprise knockout instigated by neophyte Sen. Manny Pacquiao.The majority bloc led by Senate President Aquilino Pimentel 3rd stripped the Liberal senators of their positions,…

Resume drug war

Monday, 27 February 2017 09:43 Written by
SENATOR Alan Peter Cayetano has called on President Rodrigo Duterte and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to relaunch the war on illegal drugs, warning that drug traders have gone back to the streets since the suspension of the campaign in…
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